Bicycle-rest



(No Model.) i I C, H, CAMPBELL- A BICYCLE REST. No. 535 160.

UNITEDA STATES *PATENT Genion.

CI-IARLInvI-I.v CAMPBELL, oF ocALA, mouton.

srncrmcnrrorfor'ming pare of Leners Patent No. 535,160, dated Maren 5, ieee.

Application filed July 24,1893. Serial No."481,293. (No model.)

To a/ZZ, whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLIE H. CAMPBELL, a citizen of. the United States; residing-.at Ocala, in the county oi Marion and State of Florida, have invented a new anduseful Bi-f 'cycle-Rest, of which the following .is a specif-` 4iication'.4

YMy invention relates to a bicycle rest, and

has forV its object to provide a simple and ef citent rest capable of being appliedto any ore Y dmary safety bicycle, and capable of being.'

folded to occupy a position in ywhich itis out of the way of the ridenand iu'rthermore,v to

provide means wl1ereby,when the restf is inits .operative posi-tion,-the front or steering wheel of the bicycle may be elevated orremoved i'rom contactwith the ground.

Further. objects and advantages ot' tll-isin;V vention will 'appear-'iu the following descri-pfL tion, and the novel features thereof willl be particularly claim.

4Inl the drawings: Figu'rel is a side 'new of asafety bicycle provided with a rest embodylng my invention,=said rest being shown in full lines in its operativeposition and .in dot` ted lines: in its folded position. .'Fig. 2 ,isl a detail viewin perspective lof the rest.` `Fig.3 is a View of ,the'stub-shaft, which vis secured to the threaded extremity ofthe axle in lieu of the ordinary adjusting nut. '.Fig. 4 is a View of a stub-shat`t provided. with different means for attachmentto the axle. Fig.- 5A is a view of anothermodied formof stub-shaft,

which is adapted to be' secured to the 'fork adjacent to the axle of the'steering wheel.` Fig. G isa1 detail view, partly insectin, of`

one of the feet of the rest, to show the manner of securing the rubber cushion thereto.` Fig; 7 is a detail sectional View, taken transversely of thesteeringfwheel to showthe` manner ot' attaching the stub-shafttothe aXle thereof. Fig. '8 is a section showing the application, andFig. 9 is a detail of a modified.

form of attachment for the `rest, in which the stub-shaft is omitted.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthefigures'of the draw ings. y A vl designates the front or steering fork of a bicycle; 2, the front or steering wheel, 'and pointed out Vin `the appended 'e l3 the axle thereoff- `Ordinarily-the .outer vthreaded end t of lthis axle is littedwit'h a securingnut, nots-down `in the drawings, 'to

bear againstzthejuter',surface ofi-'the fork,

but in lien ,thereoffl 'provide 'a 'stub-shaft 5,'`

provided with afsocket'6,;having a threaded .bore to fit 'upon' said.fthreadedextremity-of similarv tool.V Rotatiably mounted upon. the Y smooth portion 7 of thejstubeshaft is an'l eye 8,'

provided with'a perforatedear 9, to which is,

swiveled,`bymeans' of altransverse pivot-bolt l 1 0, thej'upper bifnrcated end 'ot the stemaV 11` *of therest.- yA 'retainingnut 1.2; isthreaded upon the extremity of the stubfshaft tohold the vsaid] eyein place; andl the stem of `the,

rest is dprfovided, upon its outer side, with ay .of the lowerend of lerest.

The body-pornostar therese is v-shaped, f

having the downwardly-,divergent legs 15, which'are'connected, near their lower extremities, bya horizontal brace 176'; and the ste-in lllf'which connected to the body-portion at the l .point "of intersection ot"l the said legs, comprises relatively-adjustable.sections or members, of which Ithe lower'memberl? is tubular to receive'the upper member 1 8. These sections or members areheld at. tiledesiredr'elasiting of a band which'encircles the split upper end of theltubu'lar sectiouor member-.17,

and is. provided withthe!parallelperfrated-l i ears 2Q, connected by an adjustingscrewg'l.

In lieu of .this clamping 'device-1anA ordinary fset-screw may be employed'to .engagethein-- said feet are exteriorlythreaded, asshownl lat'23."

24 represents a coupling, comprising-the vroo upper member 25, which is threaded upon' the ing 29.

coupling are united, the lowerend of they-up,v`

- adapted to be held portion 23 of the foot, and a lower member or lcap-portion which is adapted to be littedupon the exteriorly-threaded portion 26 of the upper member. This cap-portion28is provided in its lower side with an'opening 29, to receive the cushion 30, of rubber or similar material,

said cushion being'providedwith'an enlarge- -.ment or head 31,'to lie Within the cap-portion of the coupling with its shoulder in contact Awith the-annular flange 32, around the open- When the portions or members of the `to employ the .socket construction hereinbefore described. In Fig. 4 the stub-shaft is provided with a depending perforated ear'35, to fit upon the projecting end of the axle and, in place by means of the ordinary nut which is 'employed Vtoconnect the axle and forks., In Fig. 5 I have shown still another means for attaching the stubshaft to the machine, consisting of a springclamp 36, the arms 37 of which are .adapted of the fork adja cent to the center of the wheel, andare connected for adj nstment by the bolt 3S. Fixed to pass upon opposite sides to the fork'at a suitable point above thelower end thereof is a spring-clamp 39, to engage one leg of the rest when the latter lis elevated to its folded position, as sholwniitdotteddines i.

f in Fig. 1.

This heilig the construction of the improved rest, the operation thereof, brieflystated, isas follows: Vhenvit is desired to bring the rest to its operative position it isdisengaged from the holding clamp 39 andallowed ito swing forwardly and downwardlyu-ntil it con- 4 tacts with the ground in front ofy the wheel,

when the bicycle is moved forwardly to bring 4both feet of Ltherest squarely upon the ground,

thus elevating the front or steering wheel'of the bicycle to the position shown in Fig. l.-

It will beunderstood that the construction which-I have described is duplicated upon the opposite side of the machine, and hence, by means ofthe pivotal connection of the stems of the rests to the stub-shafts, the lower ends yof" the rests may be separated -o/r, Vspread to from a broad andsafe base forfthe machine.

rests upon the ground, when the lsupporting v 'Io fold lthe rests the machine is nioved'b'ackwardly until the steering-wheel descends and devices may be moved upwardly until engaged with the clamps 39.' f

From the above description it will be apparent that the improved rest is permanently connected to the bicycle by simple and readily-adjustable means, that it 'is disposed at the front end of the machine, and substantially concentric with the front or steering wheel, that it is capable of connect-ion in the manner described to any machine irrespective of the construction of the framework there- 0f, and that whether in its operative or folded position itis out'of the way of the rider. Thus it will be seen that the rest' comprises twin parts or members, which are disposed upon opposite sides of the plane of the steeringwheel, each part or member consisting of a stem which is divergent legs, which are arranged in planes parallel with the plane-of the steering-wheel. Therefore, the rest contacts with the surface of the ground at four different points, the points of contact upon each side of the plane of the wheel being respectively in front and bifurcated to form downwardlyin rear of a vertical plane embracing the axis4 v of such wheel, whereby when the rest is in position the front wheelof the machine is sup ported clear of the ground and is held from forward and backwardv movement.

Various y'changes in the form, proportion,

resorted to without departingfrom the principle or-sacrificing any'of the advantages of this invention. y l

Ilaying zdeseribed my invention, what .is claimed as new is; I

vA bicycle rest provided with threaded lower extremities or feet, in combination with a' cushion, and means for securing the cushion to the extensions or feet such mean-s comprising a coupling havingran upper tubular portion adaptedto bethreaded upon 'the extension, and a hollow cap` interiorly bored to and the minor details of construction may be IOO receive an exteriorly-threaded portion of said upper section and provided in its lower side with an opening to receive the cushion,said cushion being shouldered to engage an ann ular iiange around the opening in thecap, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

' l I ,CHARLIE I-I. CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

n R. lVLOCoNNELL,

l C. E. CONNOR. 

